Kal

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kal: Recorded since 1997, it reached #392 in 2020, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#392highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#1642
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#3849
2007	#2435
2009	#3744
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#4805
2013	#1706
2014	#1935
2015	#2319
2016	#3478
2017	#2052
2018	#1875
2019	#1986
2020	#2682
2021	#2125
2022	#3449
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3449 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 159 births with the name.

Kal across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1642 (1998)	#3254 (2024)	25 of 28	159 (1997–2024)	13 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#615 (2015)	#601 (2016)	#657 (2022)	5 of 8	19 (2015–2022)	4 (2015)

Kal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	34	8 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Kal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #392, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kajsa · #159, 42y
Kajus · #204, 22y
Kal-El · #1117, 19y
Kalam · #1367, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amos · #392, 30y
Kyan · #392, 29y
Quinton · #392, 28y
Ayomikun · #393, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amos · #392, 30y
Forrest · #392, 24y
Kyan · #392, 29y
Quinton · #392, 28y

Kal was ranked #392 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kal without appearing here.

Kal moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4678 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Kal

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1642 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1548.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.

Moved the same way as Kal

Andrea Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kal went from #1642 to #3254 and Andrea from #1263 to #1859.
Aria Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kal went from #1642 to #3254 and Aria from #2419 to #4270.
Willow Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kal went from #1642 to #3254 and Willow from #2901 to #4270.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kal went from #1642 to #3449 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Kal across 2 official records

Kal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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